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when you start ista, read documents in news screen, info about basic features , vin typing and other thinigs are there

Please also note that, from ISTA version 4.11, vehicle identification using basic features is no longer possible.

Vehicle identification through basic characteristics
In future, the ISTA workshop system will stop offering vehicle identification through basic features.

For one thing, this functionality is used very little in the trade organisation. For the other, the ever-increasing complexity, caused by dependencies in the individual basic features, gives rise to very high maintenance and development costs.

Vehicle identification through basic features in Aftersales Information Research (AIR) is retained.

In general, for the purpose of a document search, vehicle identifications should always be searched for by entering a vehicle identification number.

The hit rate based on the basic features is significantly less accurate due to the design.

I did not find anything on short VIN.